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package org.dengues.core.warehouse;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.dengues.core.metadata.MetadataTable;
import org.dengues.model.database.DatabaseDiagram;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;

/**
 * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com class global comment. Detailled comment <br/>
 * 
 * $Id: Dengues.epf 2007-12-16 qiang.zhang $
 * 
 */
public interface IWarehouseViewFactory {

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getWarehouseTables".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public Map<String, MetadataTable> getWarehouseTables();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getObjectsFromEMF".
     * 
     * @param name
     * @param path
     * @return
     */
    public List<IWarehouseObject> getObjectsFromEMF(ENodeCategoryName name, IPath path);

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getWarehouseQueries".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public Map<String, DatabaseDiagram> getWarehouseQueries();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "createWarehouseNodeFromEMF".
     * 
     * @param name
     * @param parent
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public IWarehouseNode createWarehouseNodeFromEMF(ENodeCategoryName name, IWarehouseNode parent, Object type);
}
